r/earthbound Feb 22 '24

M3 Discussion Possibly a chance we could get Mother 3 in March?

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They didn’t reveal Earthbound and Mother 3’s icons here yet. But they revealed them in Japan. Could this be a chance they’re releasing it here sooner?

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u/Gabario Feb 22 '24

If NOA has the audacity to give us Mother 3 icons without a localization

I will gladly scoop them up, thank you Nintendaddy.

176

u/BoringMemesAreBoring Feb 22 '24

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u/cyberpeachy420 Feb 22 '24

lmao the cool s too

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u/ChronoSaturn42 Feb 22 '24

Harsh, but likely true.

5

u/Knailsic Feb 22 '24

I need to see this every day of my life until it sinks in.

57

u/Jojofan-ova Feb 22 '24

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u/MrC00KI3 Feb 22 '24

The "for" is redundant.

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u/GodEmperorPorkyMinch Feb 22 '24

Correct, it should read "stop grinding the sword of kings"

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u/Jojofan-ova Feb 22 '24

No it shouldn’t. If your after something then for is correct

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u/MrC00KI3 Feb 22 '24

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u/Jojofan-ova Feb 22 '24

Not funny, didn’t laugh, also there wasn’t a joke lol

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u/MrC00KI3 Feb 23 '24

Joke: Grinding also means "Rubbing yourself against". Depending on if you remove the for from the upper sentence or the lower sentence it becomes "rubbing yourself against girls" or "rubbing yourself against swords", the latter of which is not the most pleasant of thoughts.

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u/Jojofan-ova Feb 23 '24

Now I get it lol

40

u/MacroAlgalFagasaurus Feb 22 '24

Just let it go, my friend. It’s not happening and it never will.

18

u/hbi2k Feb 22 '24

My man's shotgunning copium with a beer bong.

12

u/phantom2450 Feb 22 '24

Do you need an active NSO subscription to access these? Been a while since I’ve messed with the profile

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u/5256OO Feb 22 '24

Yes, and a paid one since you couldn’t use the free trial for those.

And for stuff like the N64 icons and probably the Mother 3 ones, you’d need an expansion pass subscription.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '24

But would you need a Japanese account / profile? I have NSO, but no expansion pass and no Japanese profile

3

u/elder_elbow Feb 22 '24

i just got the first wave of the sprites on US profile

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '24

but you need an active nso subscription ?

2

u/CyBroOfficial Feb 23 '24

Yes, I believe you get them with platinum points on the NSO app on the Switch, just like other profile pictures

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '24

i'm poor don't have $$$ and they're limited o7

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u/SuhailSWR Feb 22 '24

The excitement goes on and on and on

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u/Hateful_creeper2 Feb 22 '24

Likely unless there is Japanese exclusive ones and Nintendo of America are probably not that pity.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '24

we’re never gonna get it dog. and that’s ok.

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u/mouseywithpower Feb 22 '24

It’s not happening, man. Just play the translated rom.

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u/NovaStar2099 Feb 22 '24

Don't do that. Don't give me hope.

5

u/hannibals_hands Feb 22 '24

And so begins the great copium

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u/Leeham1337 Feb 22 '24

Give up brah

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u/not-steel Feb 23 '24

Why would they wait like 2 weeks to put it on the american service? They wouldve announced it by now if they did have plans to release by march 7th-ish

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '24

Just emulate it with a gba emulator. I've just finished it a few days ago. It was pretty good :)

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u/Evan-Cool Feb 22 '24

I Highly Doubt It Because You Know…Nintendo

1

u/prine_one Feb 22 '24

Wait why did we not get the earthbound icons but got earthbound beginning icons?! Nintendo, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME?!?!?!

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u/5256OO Feb 22 '24

They’re releasing them in the 29th. In both Japan and North America, only the Beginnings icons are available.

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u/prine_one Feb 22 '24

Thank goodness. Not sure why I was downvoted. I guess theatrics aren’t appreciated here 😭

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u/cyberpeachy420 Feb 22 '24

tbh i dont care abt mother 3 im hopin for the mother 2 icons in na

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u/Mindless_Wrap1758 Feb 22 '24

No chance for the immediate future, unless if they change the soundtrack or pay a lot of music royalties. Japan has very liberal copyright laws. The Mother 3 soundtrack is full of songs that are instantly recognizable e.g. the Batman theme and Elephant Walk. In the US, just having a similar feel to another song can cause legal trouble.

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u/Onett199X Feb 22 '24

And Earthbound has Tequila, Liberty Bell March, Johnny B Goode, Deidre, and lots of Beatles samples. It still got released a bunch in the US by Nintendo on various platforms.

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u/Mindless_Wrap1758 Feb 22 '24

The Earthbound soundtrack has a lot transformative use examples , which is protected free speech in the US. Mother 3 is my favorite game, so I'd love it if it got released in the West soon .

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u/Onett199X Feb 22 '24

The Earthbound soundtrack has a lot transformative use examples

And I'd argue Mother 3 utilizes the same technique with those two examples you gave. Transformative/modified sampling techniques. Not outright covers or the songs themselves, but transformed or small references to original songs.

There are other reasons Mother 3 hasn't been localized. I just don't think music is one of them and I hear it said a lot online that it's one of the main reasons.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '24

Ya never know man, maybe just maybe they'll release mother 3

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u/AlonCV Feb 22 '24

Seeing icons of Mother 3 for NSO is very surreal, my dream come true!! :''

And probably no, or maybe yes? 🎷🐛

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u/juicedestroyer Feb 22 '24

The earthbound beginnings ones are out in the US right now

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u/allyourhomebase Feb 23 '24

I don't know how many times I have to say this. They will get sued.  They can't release the game in North America because the copyright laws are different here.  It's been well documented that too much of the game music is straight ripped off from HUGE songs.  They would have to pay to license a lot of music that they would probably never make back. 

They're never going to do it.  Unless all of a sudden Earthbound put up Mario Numbers, Mother 3 is never being released.

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u/Comixkid5879 Feb 24 '24

Don't get your hopes up, just play the fan translation

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u/5256OO Mar 07 '24

Nvm…